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How Sumerian Made the First Human | Evidence Nobody Teaches

The Atra-Hasis Epic a clay tablet from 1700 BCE held in the British Museum describes what happened before humans existed.

A divine labour class called the Igigi dug the riverbeds, built the irrigation canals, and maintained the infrastructure of civilisation for thousands of years.


Then they burned their tools, surrounded Enlil's temple, and went on strike. The Anunnaki's solution was to create humans to replace them, using the blood and spirit of the rebel leader mixed into clay.


That detail, sitting plainly in the academic translation, almost never gets discussed.

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